RIC Ranked #1 Rehabilitation Hospital in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report for 22 Consecutive Years

RIC’s Leads by Fusing Scientific Research with Clinical Care at the Bedside

CHICAGO – The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) has been ranked the #1 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation hospital in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012-13 Best Hospitals rankings, available online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals. The global leader in rehabilitation, RIC has been ranked #1 longer than any other specialty hospital in the nation. With the largest rehabilitation research enterprise in the world, RIC sets the standard in rehabilitation medicine.

RIC retained its top ranking during a year of innovation and growth. “We have made advances at RIC,” said Joanne C. Smith, MD, CEO of RIC. “We opened a new Patient Recovery Unit that added significant inpatient space, and we are pioneering a novel method of care – we have launched the world’s only AbilityLab™, where we’re fusing science and clinical care around patients. Our novel approach to rehabilitation is beginning to produce better results – we’re getting better and faster at solving problems that are important to our patients, and these insights are fueling the way we’re designing our new Research Hospital.”

The new RIC Research Hospital, which will infuse 21st Century biomedical science into the clinical environment to help patients achieve the best recovery, is scheduled to open in 2016. RIC currently is the top destination for patients from around the world with various conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, limbs and other organ systems, serving more than 52,000 patients from 49 states and 43 countries in the most recent year.

About U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospital” Rankings

The rankings, annually published by U.S. News will also be featured in the U.S. News Best Hospitals guidebook, which will go on sale August 30. The latest rankings showcase 720 hospitals out of about 5,000 hospitals nationwide. Each is ranked among the country’s top hospitals in at least one medical specialty and/or ranked among the best hospitals in its metro area.

About the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is the nation’s top-ranked provider of comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation care to patients from around the world. Ranked #1 by both U.S. News and World Report and the U.S. National Institutes of Health, RIC holds an unparalleled market distinction.

With a record eight multi-year, multi-million dollar federal research designations awarded and funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Education’s National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research in the areas of spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, neurological rehabilitation, outcomes research, bionic medicine/rehabilitation engineering research, and pediatric orthopedics, RIC operates the largest rehabilitation research enterprise in the world.

RIC also operates its 182-bed, flagship hospital in downtown Chicago, as well as a network of more than 40 sites of care distributed throughout the Midwest, through which it delivers inpatient, day rehabilitation, and outpatient services.

Founded in 1954, RIC has been designated the “#1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America” by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1991. RIC sets the standard of care in the post-acute market through its innovative applied research and discovery programs, particularly in the areas of neuroscience, bionic medicine, musculoskeletal medicine and technology transfer. For more information, go to www.ric.org.